<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It was resolved around 3<br><br>Regards<div>Michael Joseph</div><div>CEO Safaricom</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div><br>On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <<a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p><font size="2">Evans,<br>
<br>
I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool<br>
supplied, or the network<br>
is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really<br>
difficult questions<br>
to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from<br>
Safaricom, online...?<br>
<br>
However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to<br>
the market and we<br>
can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come.<br>
<br>
Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to<br>
poll/collect internal data<br>
On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the<br>
same. For instance, how<br>
many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content<br>
downloaded/uploaded Local content,<br>
or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc,<br>
etc.<br>
<br>
The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass<br>
market, and you will<br>
have your volumes go up.<br>
<br>
Just a thought..<br>
<br>
Harry<br>
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Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM<br>
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Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity<br>
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I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had<br>
problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested,<br>
maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable<br>
bandwidth.<br>
<br>
Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes<br>
to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable.<br>
<br>
Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a<br>
larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow<br>
to "recoup your investment"<br>
<br>
--<br>
Evans Ikua<br>
Linux Professional Association of Kenya<br>
Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831<br>
Eagle House, 2nd Floor<br>
Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House<br>
<a href="http://www.lpakenya.org"><a href="http://www.lpakenya.org">www.lpakenya.org</a></a><br>
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Quoting Harry Delano <<a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a>>:<br>
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><br>
> Listers,<br>
><br>
> The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity,<br>
-<br>
> as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing<br>
> model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards<br>
> bringing Broadband access prices down. It is<br>
> laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating,<br>
> and from all of them, we expect more.<br>
><br>
> With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is<br>
> increasing, and especially the fact that there<br>
> is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service<br>
> providers to re-look at their overall strategy in<br>
> reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales<br>
volumes.<br>
> Ultimately, pricing will be a key<br>
> factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve<br>
> savvy Technobile Kenyans..<br>
><br>
> Harry<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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